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n. - Clothes dryer for drying and ironing laundry by passing it between two heavy heated rollers v. - Destroy or injure severely; Alter so as to make unrecognizable; Injure badly by beating; Press with a drying machine.

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  • mangle the sheets
  • Rhizopora mangle is the most frequently occurring mangrove species and is found closest to the coast at heights of up to 25 m.
  • In the mangroves fringing the coastal lagoons Rhizophora mangle is characteristic.
  • Slower presentations can be the ticket for catching early-season northerns that aren't in mangle mode.
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